The Kansas City
Chiefs released running back Kareem Hunt after video surfaced of an incident in
February that showed Hunt pushing a woman down and kicking her. Better to act late than never, I suppose.
The Chiefs knew
about the incident for some time but had apparently accepted Hunt’s version of
events. Talk about a
less-than-aggressive approach to the issue of domestic violence. The same goes for the NFL, which can’t seem
to get a handle on domestic violence among its players. Who can forget Ray Rice caught on video
knocking his then-fiancée around? Well,
the Redskins must have earlier this week when they signed linebacker Reuben
Foster despite his recent arrest for domestic violence.
For contrast,
look at how baseball handles the issue.
By no means is the response perfect, just infinitely better than
football’s. Right now, Cubs’ shortstop
Addison Russell is serving a suspension that goes into next season while
undergoing treatment. Granted, Russell
released a statement on Friday that makes it sound as if he’d suffered an
embarrassing injury while drunk, instead of admitting he abused his
then-wife. But compare how the
situation is being handled to just about any accusation of domestic violence in
the NFL. Every action taken looks to be
in the spirit of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s initial response to Rice’s transgression—a
two-game suspension.
After seeing the
video, I have just one question: Why
weren’t charges filed? This lack of legal
action has to stop, now.
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